Kjell Tryggestad

Kjell Tryggestad is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting, Copenhagen Business School. His research focuses on organizational processes, materialization of ideas, and project management across diverse industries like automotive, construction, and medical devices. He emphasizes the active role of objects and technology in shaping strategy and outcomes.

• Research Areas: Management Accounting, Economic Performativity, Circular Economy, Public Sector Reforms
• Teaching: Courses on Project Management, Public Sector Accounting, and Organizing Technologies

Tryggestad’s work explores how accounting practices and economic theories influence organizational spaces and public sector reforms. His recent publications highlight trials of strength between competing designs and the performative role of accounting in institutional change. He collaborates extensively with scholars like Peter Skærbæk and Mark Christensen.